Piper PA-18A N8570D

15 March 1981 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 March 1981 at about 14:35 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N8570D was involved in an accident during in flight near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 March 1981 at 14:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18A
Registration: N8570D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Fairbanks, Ak → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0556

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

APPROX 77LBS OVR G/W AT TKOF.OBSERVING CRASH SITE OF PRIOR ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0556, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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